Automatic scale



A. SONANDER AUTOMATIC SCALES Oct. 16

Filed Aug. 13 1921 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 16

A. SONANDER AUTOMATIC sALE:

Filed Aug. 13, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mvmron A TTORNEU indicator upon the scale dial.

Patented Oct. 16, 1923.

ANDREW sometimes, or RUTLAND, VERMONT,

ASSIGNOR TO HOWESCALE COMPANY,

or RUTLAND, VERMONT, A CORPORATION or VERMONT.

AUTOMATIC SCALE.

Application filed August 13, 1921. Serial No. 492,024.

To all whom it may concern a Be it known that I, ANDREW SONANDER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rutland, county of Rutland, and State of Vermont, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Scales, of which the followingis a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in automatic scales of the type in which a pair ofpivoted fulcrum levers are connected to cam segments and tapes with the draft rod'of the scale mechanism. The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the pendulum mechanism of this type of scale with a view to reducing the angular movement of the pendulum levers upon their pivots and lessening the arc of travel of the gravity weights, thereby producing a more equal registration of the In order to economize space, the pendulum levers are fulcrumed near the center of the dial and are formed with relatively long arms carrying the cam segments, which arms are arranged to cross between their pivots so as to present the cam segments in a common, transverse plane and the' pendulumweights in a parallel, common plane; The cam segments adjustably mounted upon the ends of the oppositely extending pendulum arms are connected tothe usual steel tapes with the ends of an equalizer bar which is preferably 1n the form of'a leaf s rin centrally supported by a suitable coupling ink, to which is connected a crescent-shaped arm attached to the rack bar, which meshes with the pimon on the indicator shaft. The draft rod of the scale isalso connected with the coupling of the spring equalizer bar. Theleaf spr ng absorbs the shocks of suddenlyapphed loads and thus avoids damaging the tapes or unseating the pivots from their bearings. The connection of the rack bar with the spring coupling by the crescent-shaped arm, which is loosely pivoted to the coupling,

rovides the necessary freedom to prevent Binding between the rack bar and pinion in the event of the tape swinging laterally. In addition to the features mentioned, the pendulum weights'are adjustably mounted upon their supports by anovel adjusting device, whichis simple and convenient of operation and effectively guards agalnst the weights jarring loose or becoming disarranged from their proper ad usted poslt on.

a In order that my invention may be fully understood, it will first be described with reference to the accompanying drawings and afterwards pointed out more particularly in the annexed claims. In said drawings Figure 1 is a partial, front elevation of a scale mechanismhaving my improved pendulum lever mechanism applied thereto.

F igure 2 is a similar view of the improved mechanism on a larger scale.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the same.

Figures 4: and 5 are detail views of parts of the mechanism.

1 is a main scale lever of well known construction, fulcrumed at 2 and carrying a fulcrum yoke 3, to which ishooked the lower end of the draft rod 5.

is a suitable frame for supporting the equalizing pendulum levers and indicator mechanisms. The indicator hand is mounted upon the indicator shaft 16, which is rotatably supported upon the overlapping bearing rolls 17 and carries between its ends a pinion 18 which meshes with a vertical rack bar 20, to the lower end of which is adjustably attached a crescentshaped arm loosely pivoted at 26 to a yoke 27, to which the upper end of draft rod 5 is hooked. 30 is the usual dial, with which the hand 15 registers. 31 is a guide arm to hold rack bar 20 in mesh with pinion 18. g

Theupperpart of the frame 10 supports the bearingblocks 35 upon which are fulcrumed the knife-edge pivot bars 36 of the pendulum levers. Each pendulum lever comprises along arm 40 mounted upon one of the knife edge bars 36 at the proper point between its ends and carrying upon its short end a rigid guide rod 41 extending down-- wardly at an angle to the general length of the lever and having loosely mounted thereon an adjustable weight in the form of a ball or disk 41-5. The weight 45 is formed with two parallel channels extending through it, one of which loosely fits the guide rod- 41, while the other is threaded to receive a threaded adjusting screw 46 rotatably mounted in the lever 40 and formed near its head with an annular groove 47, in which engages a pin or stud 48 arranged to prevent the displacement of the screw in the pendulum lever, while at the same time permitting it to be rotated to cause the weight 45 to move upwardly or downwardly upon the IOU , iide rod 4:1 in eii ecting the proper adnent. The opposite end of each of the uiem levers to has pivotally mounted 50 a cam segment 51, which is held desired adjusted position upon the lam lever by means of an adjusting threaded through a lug 5 l of penlever it and engaging the segment 51 ist it and hold it in the desired po- :lilO'il.

The iulci'unis for the pendulum levers l 1 close to but on opposite sides 1; itral plane of the indicator shaft eopposite ends of ca ch of the penw s are arranged in different transwi h a twisted or diagonal cenmmn indicated at EV in Figure 3 the pendulum levers will cross each All present the cam segments at the e ends or" the intersecting levers in true transverse, vertical plane. The diuil crossing portion at) of pendulum 7 's +2- notched upon their adjacent s as. indicated at $0 in Figure to each of the cam segments-51 i tacliea are the metal tapes 60, which tapes are a-sped at their lower ends to'the opposite ends of an equalizer bar 65, which oly made in the rorm of a leaf or bl spring extending transversely of mechanism a iproxima-tely the dis ee bet the two cam segments. This equalizer bar 65 is clamped cenyolte 2? above referred to, which s the connection between the draft tie equalizer bar and indicator he connei-tien of draft rod 5 with rack l through crescent link tends to hold l: bar in mesh.

. claim: The combination with suitable scale anism including a draft rod and an inor mechanism, of a pair of crossing or ect' pendulum levers having their ending ends presented in a common se plane, and means connecting said itli said draft rod. e combination with suitable scale a draft rod and an inv a. air of overlapping intersected pendulum levers tulused in parallel planes and having their mend i r ends presented in a common ""rsver e plane, and means connecting said ers with said draft rod.

combination with suitable scale u including a draft rod and an mechanism, of a pair of crossruined pendulum levers carrying r merits at their opposite rese. t their cam segments ansrerse plane, and their .7; ion plane parallel to the egments, and an equalizer bar suitably connected with said cam segments, said draft rod and said indicator mechanism.

4. The combination with suitable scale mechanism including a draft rod and an indicator mechanism, of a pair oi overlapping fulcrumed pendulum levers carrying weights and cam segments at their opposite ends, said levers being arranged to cross or intersect each other to present the cam segments in a common transverse plane, and an equalizer bar suitably connected with said cam gments, said draft rod and said indicator mechanism.

5. The combination with suitable scale mechanism including a draft rod and an indicator mechanism, of a pair of overlappingtulcrumed pendulum levers, each carrying a weight and a cam segment at its opposite ends, said levers being arranged to cross or intersect each other to present the cam segments in a common transverse plane, tapes attached to and operating upon said segments, an equalizer bar connected at its opposite ends to said tapes, and means connecting said equalizer bar with said draft rod and said indicator mechanism.

6. The combination with suitable scale mechanism including a draft rod and an indicator mechanism, of a pair of overla ping tulcrumed pendulum levers, each carrying a weight and av cam segment at its opposite ends, said levers being arranged to cross or intersect each other to present the cam segments in a common transverse plane, tapes attached to and operating upon said segments, an equalizer bar connecting said draft rod with said tapes and a pivoted connection between said equalizer bar and said indicator mechanism.

7. In a scale mechanism, the combination of a pair of tulcrumed crossed pendulum levers carrying cam segments ancL weights at their opposite ends, tapes attached to and operating upon said cam segments, a laminated spring equalizer bar extendin between and connected to the ends of said tapes, a draft rod centrally connected with said equalizer bar and an indicator mechanism suitably connected with said equalizer bar.

8. In a scale mechanism, the combination of a pair of fulcrumed pendulum levers carrying cam segments and weights at their opposite ends, tapes operating upon said cam segments. an equalizer bar extending between and connected to the ends of said tapes, a draft rod suitably connected with said equalizer bar, an indicator mechanism including a rack bar and pinion, and a curved arm connected with said rack bar and pivotally connected with said equalizer bar.

9. In a scale mechanism. the combination of a pair of fulcrumed pendulum levers carrying cam segments and weights at their opposite ends, tapes operating upon said cam segments, an equalizer bar extending between and connected to the ends of said tapes, a draft rod centrally connected with said equalizer bar, an indicator mechanism including a rack bar and pinion, and a curved arm adjustably connected with said rackbar and pivotally connected with said equalizer bar.

10. In a scale mechanism, the combination of a pair of fulcrumed pendulum levers each having an angularly disposed guide v so rod, a weight mounted to slide upon said guide rod, and formed with two parallelchannels, one of whichis threaded, an adjusting screw mounted in the lever so as to rotate freely therein and be held against longitudinal displacement thereon, said adjusting screw being screwed into the threaded channel in said weight, suitable scale mechanism including a draft rod and indicator mechanism, and means connecting said pendulum levers with said draft rod and indicator mechanism.

11. In a scale mechanism, the combination of a pair of fulcrumed pendulum levers having rigid angularlydisposed guide rods, weights slidingly mounted upon said guide rods, adjusting screws rotatably mounted in the levers and formed with annular grooves engaged by pins to hold them against longi- ANDREW SONANDER. 

